4905.61
Treble damages.

If any public utility or
railroad does, or causes to be done, any act or thing prohibited by Chapters
4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the
Revised Code, or declared to be unlawful, or omits to do any act or thing
required by the provisions of those chapters, or by order of the
public utilities commission, the public utility or railroad is liable to the
person, firm, or corporation injured thereby in treble the amount of damages
sustained in consequence of the violation, failure, or omission. Any recovery
under this section does not affect a recovery by the state for any penalty
provided for in the chapters.